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Community Pride Design Awards
Host 3rd Annual Event
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Roaring Twenties Good Time
Pearson Air M useum ’s 3rd Annual
Benefit Auction will transport you back
to the twenties at Johnny D iam ond’s
Jewel Club (The Jack M urdock Avia
tion Center) located at 1115 E. 5th
Street in Vancouver O nce you give the
password. “I know the Judge,’’you will
be ushered inside for a roaring good
time and the start o f the silent auction.
Your evening will include a great
meal o f salmon and steak catered by
Double Tree Inn at the Quay. The liv e
auction will follow dinner and the
Pearson volunteers have garnered a
unique catalog o f items.
A flight for eight on a Twin Turbine
Aero Commander to Boeing Fteld w ill
taxi right up alongside the first jet Au-
Force One on display outside the Mu
seum o f Flight. The guests will receive
a tour o f the aircraft and then enjoy a
gourmet meal catered by McCormick
and Schmicks o f Seattle right on board
the historic aircraft.
Other items up for bid include a
petite Baby Grand Piano, get-aways to
the San Juans, Palm Springs and Ha
waii: flight for six aboard a Beechcraft
King A u to Salishan Lodge or Sun
River, a ride in a P -5 1 Mustang warbird
and ski golf season passes. Doors open
at 5:30 for the silent auction; 7 PM for
dinner followed by the live auction.
Tickets are still available at $40 each or
$320 per table. Call 360.694.7026 for
more information.
Clark County Receives $6.5
Million
Over the next five years, Clark
County’s Department o f Com munity
Services will receive approximately
$6.5 million to dev elop a national model
for a coordinated system o f care for
children with severe emotional distur
bances, mental illnesses, or behavioral
problems.
Clark County was in contention with
other counties and service organiza
tions from around the nation for this
very competitive grant, which is pro
vided by the Center for M ental Health
Services, Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration, U.S.
Department o f Health and Human Ser
vices.
The grant is the culminationofnearly
a decade o f work by the Clark County
System o f Care Policy Council (for
m erly the C h ild ren ’s Interagency
Board). The policy council includes
parent advocates and senior adminis
trators from child welfare, school dis
tricts, mental health, alcohol and drug,
juvenile justice, early interv ention, de
velopmental disabilities and public
health programs. These entities have
entered into a formal agreement to de
velop a seamless system o f care for
children with complex needs.
‘ ‘This opportunity is unprecedented,' ’
said M ike Piper, director o f Clark
County’s Department o f Community
Services. “We are receiving this grant
as a direct result o f Clark County’s
history o f innovative community and
public-private partnerships. The grant
will allow us to take that collaboration
to a whole new level. W e will build on
strengths such as our family advocates.
Community Choices 2010, and the
county’s public-private partnerships
with United Behavioral Health to man
age public mental health services."
Why is such a system needed? “Re
ally, kids and families don’t come in
neat packages,” Piper explained. “They
have an array o f needs and strengths
that are connected together. We can’t
treat the child in a vacuum.
POLICE NEWS
Multnomah County Sheriff s
Office
A t approxim ately 4:20 PM , M ult
nom ah County S h e riffs deputies, on
routine patrol, traveling eastbound
on SE D ivision at approxim ately
174th, saw a w hite H onda A ccord
traveling in the sam e that had an
equipm ent violation. The deputies
attem pted to stop the vehicle and it
m ade a turn northbound on to SE.
178th avenue at a very slow rate o f
speed. T he A ccord w ent approxi
m ately three blocks before it cam e to
a stop. The tw o deputies in the patrol
car approached the A ccord on foot
and w hen they arrived at the vehicle
and took off. T he A ccord m ade a
series o f turns as the D eputies ran
back to their patrol car and eventu
ally ended up back on SE 178th south
bound.
The deputies eventually regained
sight o fth e A ccord, from three blocks
aw ay, ju st as it w as running the stop
sign southbound on 178th at D ivi
sion. T he A ccord collided with a red
Ford Escort that w as traveling w est
bound lane o f D ivision. The driver
and a passenger w ere located there.
Found in the Escort was a grand
m other and her 5 and 7-year-old
grandchildren w ho were injured but
not seriously. W hen the deputies ar
rived and approached the A ccord
they could clearly see from the out
side of the vehicle glass wear, filters,
co n tain ers, h y p o d erm ic n eed les,
chemicals and other item s in the
Accord w hich are com m only used to
m anufacture and possess m etham
phetamine.
Injured in the Escort were: V ir
ginia Lee Latim er (dob 8-6-47) and
her 5 year old granddaughter O livia
Engstrom. They w ere both trans
ported to Mt. H ood m edical center
with neck and other injuries along
w ith 7 year old T yler E ngstrom who
was not physically injured. They are
in good condition. The Engstrom s
are from Troutdale and Mrs. Latim er
is from Portland.
Injured and arrested from the
H onda A ccord w ere: T he driv er
Vincent E. Turner (dob 5-2-70) from
Eaglecreek, Oregon and w ho gave
investigating deputies the nam e o f
Jason W ebb and his passenger R ob
ert V. H eard (dob 1-30-69) w ho
claims to be transient. Mr. Turner
was taken to O H SU with head, neck
and pelvic injuries. Mr. H eard was
taken to P ortland A d v en tist H o sp i
tal w ith alleg ed injuries. M r. H eard
w as taken to P o rtlan d A d v en tist
H ospital w ith alleg ed in ju ries a l
though he d id n o t ap p ear to be
injured. W hile at the ho sp ital d ep u
ties found am ounts o f m eth am p h et
am ine and p arap h ern alia in both
H ea rd an d T u rn e rs p o sse ssio n .
T u rn er has an o u tstan d in g arrest
w arran t for PCS.
A t this tim e S h e r iff s o ffice N ar
co tics inv estig ato rs are p rep arin g a
search w arrant for the v eh icle and
w ill search in this ev en in g w ith the
help o f the h azard o u s m a terials
team . Mr. T u rn er w ill be charg ed
w ith a v ariety o f co u n ts o f assault,
attem pt to elude, fu rn ish in g false
inform ation to a p o lice o fficer, and
p o sse ssio n o f a c o n tro lle d su b
stance. Both H eard an d T u rn er w ill
be charged w ith m a n u factu rin g o f
a co n tro lled su bstance. Both H eard
an d T u rn er w ill be ch arg ed w ith
m an u factu rin g o f a co n tro lled su b
stance. O th er ch arg es are an tici
p ated p ending the o u tco m e o f the
search w arrant.
Big President Among 19
Arrested In Supreme Court
V ow ing to go to ja il rather than
accept the Suprem e C o u rt's brand o f
“affirm ative inaction,” O scar Eason,
Jr., P resident o f B lacks In G overn
ment (B IG ), jo in e d 18 other civil
rights leaders in succum bing to ar
rest rather than halt dem onstrations
before the C ourt building M onday,
O ctober 5th The group pled guilty to
a m isdem eanor, w ere fined and re
leased.
“ If the court still does not get it, we
should continue the dem onstrations
until it does,” E ason stated.
The dem onstration was sponsored
by the N A A C P in response to the
Suprem e C o u rt's refusal to deal with
the issue o f its lack o f m inority law
clerks. Law clerks have profound
influence on the issues before the
court; they help decide w hich cases
will be heard and often w rite the first
draft o f the decisions. A study by
USA Today found that o f the 394 law
clerks hired during the respective
term s o f the sitting justices, only 1.8
percent were A frican A m erican, 1
percent w ere H ispanic; 4.5 were
A sian American; and 24.3 percent
were w om en (m ore than 40 percent
o f law school graduates are now
w om en.) No N ative A m ericans have
ever been hired, rhe num ber o f m i
norities and women am ong Suprem e
Court clerks is so low that if the
Court were a com pany, the statistics
alone would prove illegal discrim i
nation. The court has refused to meet
with civil rights leaders on the issue.
Eason said the C ourt’s hiring prac
tices are typical o f federal govern
ment agencies in w hich few Blacks
are found in key jo b s Blacks are
generally concentrated in certain job
areas with lower pay and grade levels
in these agencies.
Eason said th eC o u rt’s hiring prac
tices are particularly odious in light
o f its increasingly adverse affirm a
tive action decisions. In recent years
the Court has lim ited the scope and
application o f affirm ative action.
H ow ever, its decisions nonetheless
approve the use o f affirm ative action
that m eets its criteria.
“ W e m ust continue to focus atten
tion on the hypocrisy o f the court in
this area. W e m ust continue to de
m and that the C ourt practices what it
preaches to the A m erica...that it ad
heres to the sam e standard o f equal
opportunity the constitution requires
o f the rest o f A m erica."
BIG is an o rg a n iz a tio n o f g o v
ern m e n t e m p lo y ee s from federal,
state, a n d local ag e n cies d ed icated
to e x c e l l e n c e in g o v e r n m e n t
th ro u g h e q u a lity o f o p p o rtu n ity . It
seek s to re p re se n t the in terests o f
the 2.3 m illio n A fric an A m erican
g o v e rn m e n t e m p lo y e e s n a tio n
w ide.
T h e T h ir d A n n u a l C o m m u
n ity P rid e D e s ig n A w a rd s e v e n t
is s c h e d u le d f o r to d a y W e d n e s
d a y , O c to b e r 7. 1 9 9 8 , fro m 4 :0 0
p .m . to 6 :0 0 p .m . a t th e C ity o f
V a n c o u v e r W a te r R e s o u rc e
E d u c a tio n C e n te r , 4 6 0 0 SE C o
lu m b ia W a y .
T h e C o m m u n ity P rid e D e sig n
A w a rd s p ro g ra m w as e s ta b
lis h e d in 1996 b y v a r io u s p u b
lic a n d p r iv a te o r g a n iz a ti o n s
w ith in C la r k C o u n ty as a m e a n s
o f r e c o g n iz in g o u ts ta n d in g
b u ild in g s , d e v e lo p m e n t, and
c iv ic im p r o v e m e n ts th a t h a v e
h a d a p o s itiv e im p a c t o n th e
c o m m u n ity . O u t o f t h e 29 n o m i-
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O r e g o n C o n v e n t io n
n a tio n s re c e iv e d th is y e a r,
tw e lv e w ill b e h o n o r e d fo r th e ir
o u ts ta n d in g a n d u n iq u e e f f o r ts
in a r c h ite c tu r a l d e s ig n , c o m m u
n ity e n h a n c e m e n t, p u b lic f a c ili
tie s , a n d r e s id e n tia l d e v e lo p
m e n t. A s in th e p a s t, c o m m u
n ity le a d e r s w ill b e p r e s e n tin g
th e a w a rd s to th e r e c ip ie n t s .
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SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC BENEFITS
D ate
Event
Sept. 1-4
Deloitte & Touche Meeting
Sept. 3
Jobs NW Trade Show
Sept. 4
Life Flight Network Dinner
Sept. 5-6
Sept. 8-9
A ttendance
200
E conom ic Im pact
$10,560
1,000
52,800
650
34,320
Oregon Art/Rubber Stamp Show
2,805
148,104
Oregon Health Division Meeting
120
6,336
400
253,600
Sept. 9-10
American Soc. of Plumbing Engr.
Sept. 9-10
Madison Avenue Seminars
18
950
Sept. 9-10
Tri-County Lodging Board Mtg.
35
1,848
Sept. 10
Bioject Inc. Shareholder Mtg.
120
6,336
59,136
Sept. 10
Oregon Enterprise Forum
1,120
Sept. 11
Promociones Dance
3,408
179,942
Sept. 11-12
Seattle Marital Meeting
140
7,392
Sept. 11
Oregon law Institute
95
5,016
Sept. 12
Anthony Robbins Seminar
55
2,904
Sept. 12
Metro Light Rail Opening
500
26,400
Sept. 13-17
NW Apparel/Footwear Trade Show
1,475
938,100
Sept. 14
Project Green Purse
1.000
52,800
Sept. 15-17
Women’s Retirement Conference
Sept. 16-18
Eurobest Food/Wine Show
Sept. 16-17
Pacific NW Employee Benefit C onf
280
14,784
Sept. 14,17, 18
Oregon State Bar (3 Meetings)
27,086
Sept. 15-18
National Transit Institute
513
30
700
36,960
1,200
763,200
1,584
Sept. 18-19
NW Investors Conference
450
23,760
Sept. 19-20
Oregon Fibromyaligia Conference
600
381,600
Sept. 22-26
Whole Mind Works Expo
120
76,320
Sept. 27-30
1TEC Business Expo
6,100
381,600
Sept. 29
Bullivant Houser Bailey
220
11,616
21,120
Sept. 29-30
Boise Cascade Power Series
400
Sept. 30
High Performers Network
300
15,840
24,054
$3,542,014
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Total Economic Benefit For The Region For September $3,542,014
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